Olive is home schooled. That's why she has no idea how to behave as one her age would. She has never been around anyone her own age. Perhaps her parents have her enrolled in the virtual school program, so she can sit at the computer doing vocabulary enhancing lessons while they are busy with their tee-heeing.

Fortunately, being a nosy, meddling old busybody is something that you. just get better and better at the older you get. "When you're a miner, they lay you off when you get too old and sick and stupid to do the job ; whereas when you're a judge, the very opposite is true."*

Little Olive asks, "Why are Mommy and Daddy being so gross, Mary? Is that what Mr. Dill wanted to do with you?"Mary responds, "There, there, dear. There are some things that you can only do when you're relatively young. ... When you love doing something, how long it lasts doesn't really matter."Evy and Ed clear their throats in unison and say together, "Well, come on, Mary, we beg to differ!"

I'm wondering what, exactly, is the point KM is trying to beat us over the head with regarding the constant "romantic"...affection between Ed and Evy. Is it Just There, omnipresent, for some sort of Character Development, or are we supposed to infer that Olive is Neglected because she has Randy Parents? Either way, WE GET IT.

(If only they were in a Real-Time Online Porn Series. Now THAT would be an interesting plot line.)

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